Offshore Wind News


First Turbine Stands Tall at Vietnam’s 128MW Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 16, 2026

Chinese supplier Envision Energy has installed the first turbine at the 128 MW Vinh Long nearshore wind project in Vietnam, marking the first turbine installation for its first international offshore wind project.The project, developed by REE Group…

RWE, Masdar Plan German Offshore Wind Partnership

Sep 14, 2026

RWE and Masdar plan to explore joint bids in Germany's 2027 offshore wind auctions under a cooperation agreement with an indicative investment value of more than $3.47 billion (€3 billion), while RWE separately advanced talks with ADNOC over potential long-term LNG supplies…

Skyborn Reaches Financial Close on Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 11, 2026

Skyborn Renewables has reached financial close on the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany's Baltic Sea after securing more than $3.47 million (€3 billion) in financing, moving the project from development into construction.The financing…

Ørsted Gets Favorable Tax Opinion on Two UK Wind Farms

Sep 11, 2026

Ørsted has received a favorable final opinion in a long-running tax dispute between Denmark and the United Kingdom over taxation rights related to the Walney Extension and Hornsea 1 offshore wind farms.An advisory commission established under…

GONDAN Launches Its Largest-Ever Vessel Built for Østensjø Rederi

Sep 11, 2026

Spanish shipyard GONDAN Shipbuilders has launched a 120-metre Ocean Energy Support Vessel (OESV) for Østensjø Rederi, the largest vessel built by the shipyard to date.The C513 OESV was launched at GONDAN's Figueras facility and will now undergo…

Boskalis’ Windpiper Starts Maiden Job at Polish Wind Farms

Sep 10, 2026

Boskalis’ recently commissioned Windpiper subsea rock installation vessel has started its maiden project at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, placing its first rocks to protect the projects’ export cables.The 227-meter-long vessel loaded nearly 45…

DNV: Industrialization, Standardization Could Slash North Sea Offshore Wind Costs

Sep 09, 2026

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has quantified how standardizing turbine designs and securing predictable project pipelines could reduce the average lifetime cost of electricity from North Sea offshore wind by up to 28% by 2050 in a high-volume scenario…

T12 Engineering Gets OWGP Funding for Floating Wind Mooring Tech

Sep 08, 2026

T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to advance its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology designed to reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines.The latest…

Elia Secures $1.1B EIB Loan for Princess Elisabeth Energy Island

Sep 08, 2026

Belgian transmission system operator Elia Transmission Belgium has secured a $1.15 billion (€1 billion) green credit facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance the second phase of the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island project in the North Sea…

Windward Offshore Completes Four-Vessel Vard-Built CSOV Fleet (Video)

Sep 07, 2026

Windward Offshore has taken delivery of the Windward Hamburg, completing its four-vessel series of purpose-built commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) ordered from shipbuilder Vard.The delivery brings the Windward Hamburg into the fleet alongside sister vessels Windward Athens…

Proserv Secures Equinor Contract for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 03, 2026

Proserv has secured a full deployment contract with Equinor to install its ECG™ cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast, UK, with deployment scheduled to commence in 2027.Located approximately 32 km off the north Norfolk coast…

Nadara Confirms Landfall Location for Bellrock Floating Wind Project

Sep 02, 2026

Nadara has submitted a Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report to the Marine Directorate, for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed 1.8-gigawatt Bellrock floating offshore wind project in Scotland…

Ørsted Hosts Ceremony for Greater Changhua 2b and 4 Completion

Sep 01, 2026

Ørsted has celebrated the completion of major construction works for the 920MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. Following the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms that came into operation in 2024, this is Ørsted's second gigawatt-scale offshore wind project in Taiwan…

Deltamarin, Offshoretronic to Design Monopile Installation Vessel

Sep 01, 2026

Finnish ship design house Deltamarin has joined forces with Barcelona-based engineering and vessel design office Offshoretronic in an Exclusive Engineering Consultant Agreement to develop what will be the world's largest jackup Monopile Installation Vessel (MPIV)…

COLI Group Delivers 14 Transformers for Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 01, 2026

COLI Group has recently completed a six-month transport project for GE Vernova, moving 14 large power transformers from GE Vernova's Turkish factory to a job site in Poland supporting the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm. The cargo was shipped across three voyages on three separately chartered vessels…

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